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04/05/2012
Residents Evacuated Following Security Alert
A number of residents have been evacuated from their homes in Lurgan, County Armagh, following a security alert.
Police were alerted that a suspect device was left on a railway line, at around 1.30am this morning.
Army bomb experts have been tasked, and train services have also been stopped.
Bells Row and the Lake Street areas have been closed.
Diversions have been put in place.
(CD)
Police were alerted that a suspect device was left on a railway line, at around 1.30am this morning.
Army bomb experts have been tasked, and train services have also been stopped.
Bells Row and the Lake Street areas have been closed.
Diversions have been put in place.
(CD)
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